Relationships between assemblage similarity and distance show stronger strength of dispersal role on structuring aquatic shredder insect assemblages compared to aquatic non-shredder insect assemblages. Dots are assemblage similarity and distance between pairs of 16 reaches in an elevational gradient from 156 to 2720 m asl in northern Central America. Black solid lines are the mean fit Bayesian linear model between variables with a Zero-inflated Beta distribution. Blue faded lines are a 1000 possible lines from the Bayesian posterior distribution of the fitted model. Third column shows density plots of estimated values for slopes, dashed red line indicates the zero value.

 
 
  Part of: García P, Hall Jr RO (2024) Dispersal capacity as assessed by distance-decay relationships is lower for aquatic shredder insects than aquatic non-shredder insects in a Neotropical river network. In: Lipińska M, Lopez-Selva MM, Sierra JM (Eds) Biodiversity research in Central America. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(2): 235-252. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e113285